I just got a Dremel!

Holy geez -- I dremeled the crap out of an old Opinel. First I used the aluminum oxide grinder bit to take off most of the rust that was encrusting the back of the blade. Then I added some filework to the back of the blade, something like on a Cold Steel Culloden. The thing I learned from that is that I should have marked where I was going to cut first. I used a cut off wheel to do that. Then I used the cut-off wheel to widen the nail-nick, and put it all the way through the blade. After that, I ground a false edge on the tip, just for s--ts and giggles, put a mirror finish on the blade, and changed the blade shape to a recurve. Whew! Dremels are fun!
 
From Ivan6-22-99 1029PM EDT My friend who is a gun smith over in Charlestown,WV used his dremel on my big Gunsite .The speed bump was smoothed and flattened to improve opening of knife. It helped make it easier to open quickly. It could be made even better if we could take handles off ,but didnt want to. People on BLAde forum such as J March told me about doing this and dremel did the job,with only slightest knic on plastic. Ivan
 
Dremels rule! I just have the little cordless model but I can still do a lot of damage with it.
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I did the polish out the speedbump thing on my Lg.Vaquero too. I also rounded the spine of the blade that had cut a hole in my pocket. I`ve used it to correct all kinds of little things on other knives too. I use the cutoff wheels and sanding drums from time to time but I use jewlers rouge and the small felt wheels and felt bullets mostly. These are great for polishing feed ramps etc. on guns too. Marcus
 
From: Ivan 6-23-99 828PM EDT Hey Marcus,caught that comment on using a dremel on your huge Vaquero.It is too bad that they cannot put a clip on that knife. What do you thinkof a clip on the vaquero? The clip on the big gunsite works great. Ivan
 
I really need to get me a Dremmel. Also, anybody know where to get jeweler's rouge? I saw some once at a gun and knife show but didn't get any and now I can't find it anywhere. Please give me an idea where to look, thanks, Jeff B

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Anybody seen the bactine, please?!?!?!?

 
Knife Medic,

You can get jeweler's rouge from any knife supply place or if you can't wait, you can get it at Home Depot.
 
Ivan, I haven`t really missed having a clip on my Lg.Vaquero. Of course I carry it in my back pocket next to my wallet so it can`t slide around. I had toyed around with the idea of putting a pivot end clip on it though. Marcus
 
Jailhack, thanks for where to get the jeweler's rouge. I have been looking for about a year on some place that carries this stuff. Later

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Anybody seen the bactine, please?!?!?!?

 
My favorite dremel attachments are a tuf grind fiber cutoff wheel and the craytex wheels (which are rubber/grit and come in different shapes and grits. Find them at jewelry making supply places).
 
Cloth buffing wheels will always shred to an extent. If you run them at low speed, they will shred less, but aren't as effective. If you run them at high speed they do an outstanding job at final polish, but shred quickly. It is basically a trade off. The best way to keep the shedding down, is to keep them loaded with rouge. That helps keep the fibers together.
 
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